the Shawnee people through diaspora and nationhood, 1600-1870 /
Sami Lakomaki
viii, 334 pages :
illustrations, maps ;
25 cm
The Lamar series in western history
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-321) and index
"Our struggling nation" -- "The greatest travellers in America' : the Shawnee diaspora, 1600-1725 -- "The Sheynars in general" : unity and diversity on imperial borderlands, 1725-1755 -- "The chief of all the tribes" : nation and empire, 1755-1775 -- "A struggle with death" : the Twenty Years' War, 1775-1795 -- "Become an independent people" : rebuilding the nation, 1795-1833 -- "Dispersed like turkeys" : the odyssey of the Western Shawnees, 1782-1840 -- "Reunion" : sovereignty and centralization, 1833-1870 -- A living nation